rúsc

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Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish rúsc (compare Scottish Gaelic rùsg, Manx roost), from Proto-Celtic *ruskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Noun[edit]

rúsc m (genitive singular rúisc, nominative plural rúisc)

  1. bark (of a tree)
  2. vessel made of bark
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

rúsc (present analytic rúscann, future analytic rúscfaidh, verbal noun rúscadh, past participle rúscthe)

  1. Alternative form of rúisc (poke; decorticate; trounce)
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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *ruskos (compare Welsh rhisgl).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rúsc m (genitive rúisc, no plural)

  1. bark (of a tree)
  2. basket
  3. covering

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rúsc
Vocative rúisc
Accusative rúscN
Genitive rúiscL
Dative rúscL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: rúsc
  • Manx: roost
  • Scottish Gaelic: rùsg
  • Middle Irish: *rúiscid

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
rúsc
also rrúsc after a proclitic
rúsc
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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